John churchill



luw v gieten JOHN CHURCHILL, BRISTOL, CONBUEIC'IICITI.4

Letters Patent No. 93,678, dated August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK AND OTHER HANDLES- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'makng part of the same.

To' all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that-I, JOHN CHURCHILL, of Bristol, iu the county of Hzylrtford, and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trunk- Handles; and I do hereby declare that the .following is a full, clear, and exa ct description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of one of the plates, to which the handle is to be connected.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the handle, with dif-V ferent views of the plate, showing the manner of connecting the same to the handle, and in which] is a sectional View, 2 is a side elevation, and 3 is a top view of the plate.

Similar lletters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in the use or employment of two plates. having a recess in the back of each, and an aperture through the same of such form that the lprojections or buttons on the ends of the handle can be inserted through the said plates, and secured thereto by giving the plates a quarter turn, and securing the same to a trunk or other article.

A designates the plates, through which an aperture, a, is made in the projection or swell c; and immediately back of the swell c is a recess, d, shown only in the section 1 in fig. 3.

Below the aperture a is a depression, t, to allow the handle B to fall, near the article to which the handle may be attached.

On the end-of the handle Bis formed a button, m, the position of which is designated vby broken lines in 1. l

For a short distance from the button m, theform of the handle B is square, While the' remainder of the saine is rounded or'oval. v

To connect the plates A to the handle B, the same are placed in positions shown at 1, g. 3, and the bottorn mpassed through the aperture a, when the plate A is 'slipped along to the round part of the handle B, as shown at 2', g. 3. The plate A is then turned one-fourth of a revolution, and slipped back to the end of the handle B, as shown at 3, iig. 3. The plates are then secured to a trunk or other article, 'when the handle is ready for use. NVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, i's- The combination of the handle B and plates A A, when combined and arranged so as to form a connection by a quarter turn of the plates A A, as described.

JOHN CHURCHILL.

Witnesses ALMoN PLUMB, CHARLES E. Hom. 

